Rebirth of the Tech Madman

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Tang it's excellent grasp of industry trends attracted a warm applause.

Gates followed the clapping politely a few times, and inexplicably felt a sense of loss in his heart-not from jealousy towards Tang Huan, but from feeling as if he had overlooked something.

It was difficult to get into Gates' ears because of other people's nagging, so after listening to Tang Huan's speech, he got up and left the venue to think carefully about where the feeling of loss came from.

The liveliness of the Microsoft booth made Gates very satisfied.

Since the personal relationship with Tang Huan completely turned cold, he has gone all out to develop windows_95 for the consumer market, and finally the progress has surpassed that of Zheru Software Corporation-at this comdex, windows_95 showed the official version, and Only the beta version is available, and it is said that the official version will not be released until next year.

In fact, windows_95 is an upgraded version of windows_3.1, windows_4, it's just a commercial package, just like Zheru's, arranged according to the version number of the kernel, it should also be the fourth version.

The significance of windows_95 to Microsoft is that it finally has a 32-bit consumer-level operating system that can get rid of the ms_dos environment and run independently, and maintains the compatibility of ms_dos 16-bit applications. In the competition of Confucian software, there is nothing to send.

At this stage, Zheru Software has three operating systems-enterprise-level-Vientiane and consumer-level and freedos. Microsoft's corresponding operating systems are windows_nt and windows_95, and ms-dos.

In Gates's mind, the real competitor is unix, and windows_nt can't make it up at all. The main reason is to compete with novell_netware.

Windows and ms-dos are also inferior to freedos in terms of function and quality, but the survival rule of the consumer market is different from that of the enterprise market-windows_95, which is far better than ms-dos, is definitely a battle.

Take the current situation, the ibm-pc compatible machine with declining market share has no choice but to upgrade the operating system to windows_95; Fangyuan PC compatible machine manufacturers have shown a keen interest in the low-priced windows_95 ; When Microsoft went to Fangyuan to talk about pre-installing windows_95 on Fangyuan’s personal computer, the other party did not dare to explicitly refuse it—this was an opportunity.

Although Microsoft is unable to spend more than 300 million US dollars to promote the "i strategy" like Philosophy Software, it has also prepared a budget of nearly 100 million US dollars for the marketing of windows_95, which is enough to start from the growing personal computer cake. On, it's divided into one.

It stands to reason that even if it is not as powerful as Philosopher, compared to other software companies, the lineup of Microsoft's product line has to be much more organized and relieved. But after coming to the comdex venue in Las Vegas, Gates felt like I have overlooked something.

While he was thinking hard, he saw the third person in charge of Microsoft's operating system department, Vice President Jim Alchian, hurriedly walked in.

"Have you talked with those compatible manufacturers?" Gates asked casually.

Jim Alchine nodded, "I only tell them one point-even though the functions of windows_95 don't seem to be so complete, it is enough for individual users, and it is cheap enough, and it is absolutely cheap."

"On the windows platform, there are also various application software including ms-office, with a complete ecological chain, of course it is enough!" Gates said quite arrogantly.

Jim Alchian certainly agreed with this point of view, but he didn't catch up, but looked around.

When he saw the "disguised" assistant walking over with a computer bag, Jim Alchian waved him quickly, called him to his eyes, and asked in a low voice, "Have you got it?"

"The latest beta version has been installed on the laptop." The assistant replied, putting the computer bag on the table and taking out the laptop inside. "However, it does not support the coexistence of our windows_95, which forms multiple operations. The system had to format the hard drive and install it completely, and some of the original data was gone."

"Damn it." Jim Alchian complained dejectedly about his domineering, and then started the laptop eagerly, the familiar scroll animation flashed on the screen, and then entered the workspace.

Gates, who is best at stealing teachers, immediately understood after seeing this scene. Jim Alchian discovered something important, so he asked curiously: "Are there any new features?"

"This beta version adds a new feature called'active_workspace'-'active workspace'." Jim Alchian pointed to the laptop with the network cable connected, and explained: "Look, the Internet The latest news on the Internet, stock market quotations, weather forecasts and other information are automatically pushed over."

"Zheru's'i strategy' is really not small. The functions of the operating system and the browser are so closely integrated." After Gates sighed, there was a sudden flash of inspiration in his head, and he slapped his thigh in annoyance. , "I know what is missing in windows_95."

Jim Alchian followed it down and said, "A browser program."

"More than that." Gates shook his head. "I am so focused on the competition of operating systems that I previously regarded Zheru Software's'i strategy' as a plan to tap Internet business opportunities and creativity, and even more The browser is regarded as an ordinary application. It seems that the browser is not that simple. It has a tendency to become the only entrance to the Internet, and it can even become an all-inclusive platform, no less than an operating system."

Although Jim Alchian deliberately studied the products of philosophers, it was difficult to understand the urgent expression of burning buttocks that Gates showed, but he could not point it out directly, so he explained: "From now on, It shouldn’t be a problem to develop a browser and add it to the wndows_95 upgrade package next year.”

"Is it that easy?" Gates, who is well versed in technology, dragged his mouse, manipulated the polestar browser, and muttered to himself: "There is at least one rendering engine and scripting language interpreter in it. It's not easy. "

Jim Alchian shrugged, "Netscape_navigator, the free browser of Netscape, has been developed in less than a year, and it also has a paid web server."

Gates thought for a while, and then said: "You should study first, I'll go to Netscape to take a look."

"Okay." Jim Alchian nodded hopefully, his entire mind was on the beta version in front of him, and he didn't want to be disturbed.

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The booth of a small Netscape company is also lively. After all, just taking the initiative to challenge Zheru Software Co., Ltd. is enough to make a big reputation.

Gates did not conceal his identity. He stood in front of the demo computer and looked at the 1.0 official version of the netscape_navigator browser enthusiastically.

Jim Clark, who had just sent away a wave of visitors, quickly spotted Gates with a young and unusual appearance among the crowd. He immediately walked over to say hello, "The netscape_navigator browser you see can support multiple platforms. It’s the best browser."

Gates smiled and said sharply: "As far as I know, the current market share of Zheru's polestar browser will not be less than 80%-I don't know the best browser netscape_navigator, how? What about chasing?"

Before Jim Clark could answer, Gates followed up and asked, "Is it free?"

"Of course it's more than that." Jim Clark shrugged, "For example, our technical team is also the best."

Gates was noncommittal, and continued to follow his own thinking: "If I were the person in charge of the browser business of Zheru Software, I would launch a free version of netscape_navigator, which is extremely simple to do."

Jim Clark originally wanted to find an opportunity to talk to Gates about the cooperation between the netscape_navigator browser and the Microsoft platform, but he didn't expect to be so bluntly squeezed by the other party, and he was immediately a little unhappy.

Jim Clark, who founded the Silicon Valley Graphics Company, is also a well-known mission in Silicon Valley. How can he eat Gates's tricks, so he frowned and asked directly: "What do you want to explain?"

"I want to tell you that the current software industry, a single product, will soon be swallowed up by the tide of competition." Gates old-fashionedly pointed the country: "netscape_navigator is just a small fishing boat, Zheru Software's complete product line , It’s an aircraft carrier—you don’t need to fire, just outflank it, and you will be trapped to death."

Jim Clark, who couldn't refute for a while, retorted in annoyance: "Microsoft does have an aircraft carrier, but it's a pity that the displacement is smaller and the equipment is out of date."

Gates smiled, "But an aircraft carrier is an aircraft carrier with the necessary platforms for carrier-based aircraft to take off and land-isn't netscape_navigator lacking this?"

Jim Clark then realized that Gates, who had been showing for a long time, also had the intention of cooperation, so he quickly sorted his thoughts and asked slowly: "So, how can Microsoft's aircraft carrier be opened to Netscape?"

Gates said without blinking, "Microsoft's acquisition of Netscape, are you willing to accept it? Of course, the conditions are good to discuss."

Jim Clark froze for a moment, then replied with a cry and a smile: "I'm afraid, we have to think about it carefully, and we can't give an answer right away."

"Of course." Gates shrugged. "It's just that the market situation is changing rapidly. I hope Netscape will not miss the best opportunity."

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After Gates left, Mark Anderson said excitedly: "If Microsoft is willing to pay a big price, then we will make a profit, and we don't have to worry about financing."

"Young man, you are so innocent, how do you know the intrigue of Silicon Valley." Jim Clark snorted. "Microsoft also talked to Novell about the acquisition, but in the long negotiation process, after emptied of Novell's trade secrets, , There will be no more."

"No..." Mark Anderson opened his mouth in amazement.

"Believe me, Gates can't give us what we want~www.readwn.com~ Jim Clark patted Mark Anderson on the shoulder earnestly, "The bright future of the Internet is undoubtedly clear. When Netscape goes public, we will get Yes, definitely more than selling the company to Microsoft. "

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Tang Huan wanted to rush to the apec summit and could not stay too much at comdex, so he ordered Charles Simeone, who is still in the group organization of Zheru, who is fully focused on technology, and after paying attention to the new technological developments revealed at the exhibition, he then Get on Silicon Valley One and rush to Bogor, Indonesia.

It was the capital of the Dutch colonial period and was used as a summer resort; the botanical garden built in 1817 is well-known in the world-indeed it is very suitable as a meeting place to entertain guests from all walks of life.

Compared with last year, apec's mechanism has been improved to a greater extent, and then everyone no longer has to think about ideas, just follow the established road map and follow the rules.

This year, apec added a new member-Chile in South America, which was approved to join in, giving the richest man an extra partner.

However, this time Tang Huan’s thoughts were placed on US President Bill Clinton.

You know, in this place far away from the United States, some topics are easier to discuss.

Because the schedule during the apec summit is very tight, the president of the United States and the world's richest man only had time to arrange a 15-minute private walk.

During this process, Tang Huan quietly mentioned the turmoil in Mexico's financial market. "It has been almost a year since the North American Freedom Trade Agreement came into effect. The United States and Mexico have clearly come to the fore in the connection of financial markets. If a financial crisis really breaks out in Mexico, I am afraid that the United States will also be affected."